| Title | : | The Cloven Viscount |
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| Author | : | Italo Calvino |
| Release | : | 2017-11-22 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Classics |
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| 1 | The Cloven Viscount | Italo Calvino |
| In this fantastically macabre tale, the separate halves of a nobleman split in two by a cannonball go on to pursue their own independent adventures In a battle against the Turks, Viscount Medardo of Terralba is bissected lengthwise by a cannonball. One half of him returns to his feudal estate and takes up a lavishly evil life. Soon the other, virtuous half appears. The two halves become rivals for the love of the same woman, fight a bloody duel, and achieve a miraculous resolution. Now available in an independent volume for the first time, this deliciously bizarre novella is Calvino at his most devious and winning. |
